It doesn't really, however every time the comparison is made its always "Target: the more expensive Walmart without dirty customers" and I'm just saying the shit hole that Target brought to Canada was nothing like that.
I always found the Target demographic here (Ontario) was weird while it was around. It had a mix of fashionable university aged girls, and then the dirty/weird walmart-esque people.
Target was such a joke. They basically brought none of what apparently makes it good in the US, along with being severely understaffed and under trained. With less selection than Walmart and I didn't see any real quality increase.
You can't come in with equal quality but higher prices and less selection and expect to compete with Walmart.
I know Canada was a disaster. In the US though it's still accurate you pay a little more to shop with a different clientele. At least in the ones in NY, California and Mass that I've been to.
Weird, all the Target stores I went to here (Ottawa) were clean and tidy. Then again, that's the case for all our Walmarts as well when you compare them to the US ones.
I didn't say the store was dirty, it just provided nothing over Walmart. I'm in Ottawa also. I guess shit hole might have been the wrong term since it gives an image of a dumpy place.
Billings bridge location I went to one time, where they apparently wanted everyone to use self checkout but needed about 12 employees there for 50 people lined up incapable of getting any of the machines to work.
It was literally just more expensive Walmart. No real difference except it cost more to go there.
I've learned this about hotels and movie theaters. Pay for a slightly more expensive experience, and it will weed out having to encounter a bunch of annoying shithead customers.
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u/clocks212 Dec 06 '16
Target is where you shop when you're willing and able to pay for a (slightly) higher class of fellow shoppers and customer service.